This paper presents an overview of the first 10 years of the IRIS project, summarizing its
main technical achievements and evaluating its impact on the resurgence of small modular …

The design basis for any plant and site is closely related to the effects of any postulated
external events and the limitation of the plant capability to cope with accidents, that is to …

Westinghouse is currently conducting the pre-application licensing of the International
Reactor Innovative and Secure (IRIS). The design philosophy of the IRIS has been based on …

The International Reactor Innovative and Secure (IRIS) is an advanced, integral, light-water
cooled reactor of medium generating capacity (1000 MWt, or {approx} 335 MWe), geared at …

Potential for enhanced safety and amenability to inherent safety features is one of the
hallmarks of SMRs designed with an integral primary circuit. The lower thermal power of …

Over 60 years ago nuclear power has been ushered into mankind, representing a quantum
change which rivals and potentially surpasses those of the combustion engine and …

Lietuvoje vis daugiau dėmesio skiriama deterministinei ir tikimybinei analizei bei Ignalinos
AE saugai. Tikimybinis saugos įvertinimas Ignalinos AE aiškiai parodė, kad reikia tęsti …

International Reactor Innovative and Secure (IRIS) is an advanced, modular, medium-power
PWR with an integral primary system layout. As part of the “safety-by-design_” philosophy …

Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) tehniques applied to the definition of Emergency
Planning Zone (EPZ) have not reached the same level of maturity when dealing with …

The main purpose of performed work is the probabilistic analysis of extreme external events,
which have a potential influence on safety of the present nuclear power plant (NPP) in …